Red-shouldered Hawk #00, Kern County California
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Red-shouldered Hawk #01, non-releasable captive - December 2008
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Red-shouldered Hawk #02, Sacramento County California - 2011
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Red-shouldered Hawk #03, Marin County California - 24 September 2015
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Red-shouldered Hawk #04, Yolo County California - 06 December 2015
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Red-shouldered Hawk #05, Yolo County California - 13 January 2016
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Red-shouldered Hawk #06, Yolo County California - 10 December 2017
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Red-shouldered Hawk #07, Yolo County California - 17 December 2017
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Red-shouldered Hawk #08, Yolo County California - 17 December 2017
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Red-shouldered Hawk #09, Yolo County California - 14 November 2018
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Red-shouldered Hawk #10, Yolo County California - 14 November 2018
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Red-shouldered Hawk #11, Sacramento County California - 08 March 2020
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Red-shouldered Hawk #12, Sacramento County California - 08 March 2020
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Red-shouldered Hawk #13, Sacramento County California - 09 March 2020
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Red-shouldered Hawk #14, Glenn County California - 09 December 2020
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Red-shouldered Hawk #15, Sacramento County California - 03 March 2021
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Red-shouldered Hawk #16, Sacramento County California - 11 March 2021
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Red-shouldered Hawk #17, Yolo County California - 25 January 2022
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Red-shouldered Hawk #18, Sacramento County California - 26 April 2022
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Red-shouldered Hawk #19, Sacramento County California - 26 April 2022
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Red-shouldered Hawk #20, Sacramento County California - 26 April 2022
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Red-shouldered Hawk #21, Sacramento County California - 26 April 2022
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Red-shouldered Hawk #22, Sacramento County California - 26 April 2022
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Red-shouldered Hawk #23, Sacramento County California - 26 April 2022
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Red-shouldered Hawk #24, Sacramento County California - 26 April 2022
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Red-shouldered Hawk #25, Sacramento County California - 26 April 2022
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Field identification tips: A medium-sized raptor, the Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) has broad soaring wings and a stocky body. Adult B. lineatus has ruddy-brown underparts with fine barring, bold black-and-white checkering on the wings' flight feathers and a tail with broad dark bands separated by slender white bands. Sexes are similar with females averaging larger than males. Florida birds have a lighter-colored head and breast. Immature B. linetus has a brown barred breast where the adult has ruddy-brown fine bars, and less distinct brown-and-white bands on the tail & wings. Overhead this species has a longer tail than other Buteos and translucsent crescents near the wingtips. Ruddy-brown shoulders give this species its name. Its call is repetetive kee-ah kee-ah kee-ah kee-ah.
Typical range: B. lineatus can be found in the forested eastern states with some seasonal movement into southern Canada and northern Mexico. A separate population is resident in California's central valley and along the Pacific coast from southern Oregon south to Baja California.
Habitat: Unlike other Buteo species, B. lineatus is at home is deciduous forests, often near swamps and rivers where it hunts for reptiles and small mammals.
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all photographs Copyright (C) Douglas Herr
last updated 19 July 2023